Made it onto the RL meltdown Twitter account with that post congratulations.
I'd have Josh Morris ahead of Hodges but apart from that couldn't pick a much stronger Aussie side.
Every Aussie is tried and tested at international level. They consistently beat NZ is anzac tests and I can't see this being any different.
Aus 28 - 12.

It takes Test Match Rugby League to places that would normally not see it, this helps build the game in those areas.The fact that New Zealand do not have a great track record in these games does not make the game worthless.

Its the best Team in the World v the current World Champions.Hardly a comparison with England V Wales or England V France is it?

It takes Test Match Rugby League to places that would normally not see it, this helps build the game in those areas.
The fact that New Zealand do not have a great track record in these games does not make the game worthless.

Its the best Team in the World v the current World Champions.
Hardly a comparison with England V Wales or England V France is it?

Just to add to that, the reason Idris doesnt get picked is because he is good, not great. His defence for a big guy can be shocking at times and he goes missing too often. With the wealth of quality the Aussies have in the 3/4 line, you can't pick someone like that.

I have nothing against the celebration of Anzacs and the war dead. I just don't think that this game has any meaning to the representative game. A world cup later this year, S.O.O. to come very shortly. In November when the World Cup is won or lost, who will care if they won the Anzac test earlier in the year. No mid-season internationals when there are end of season internationals planned.

If it meant anything to the RL public in Aus, they would be there in huge numbers. It doesn't, so they won't.

Don't give me celebration of the Anzacs either. This fixture was started as a poor answer to the annual Anzac day game between Essendon and Carlton.

Wow, and I genuinely thought Rugby League IN Australia was the first sport to hold any ANZAC game and games some 40+ years before the VFL even thought of it, btw, I don't follow AFL, but it's Essendon vs Collingwood.

Also, did you know that when you first stated the test would not reach 20,000, they'd already sold 24,000?

I think the last 5 ANZAC tests have sold out, Melbourne, Newcastle, SCG, Melbourne and Canberra, obviously not in that order.

One other thing to add, and I will back this up in a day or two when they come out, every time an ANZAC test is played on FTA TV in Australia, it just so happens to rate higher than every NRL, AFL game outside the finals series, and sometimes they don't even come close, the only sports to beat those ratings on FTA each year are the AFL grand final, the NRL grand final and the 3 SOO matches. Once in a while a Union or Soccer WC will be on and if Australia is going well, those ratings beat the ANZAC test.

Yep, that one of the International fixtures we don't care about, Mid week Lions tour would kill them all.